I turned twenty-five yesterday. Thats a whole quarter of a century. How can that be? I say this every year at the shock in which time seemingly slips through our fingers. I couldn’t quite believe it at 19, 21, 23, 24, but 25 seems to terribly mature; grown-up. Throughout our lives, we make decisions often for unknown reasons,…

Since we spent Christmas Day at home this year (read – not in a pub stuffing our faces with nut roast!), we decided it would be good for the soul to spend the afternoon someplace other than the sofa on New Years Day. Vegan friends had reccommended The Earth and Stars a while ago, and…

2015 has been one of the greastest and most difficult years of my life. I learned everything is temporary. Moments. Feelings. People. Flowers. I learned vunerability is always the right choice because its easy to be cold in a world that makes it so very difficult to remain soft. I learned all things come in…

Its November, which means the crimson leaves, beer fests and costume parties are all coming to a close just in time for Christmas. Winter is such a beautiful time of year, but also a time that does crazy things to my brain. As a season of closure, reflection and hibernation, I find myself wanting to make positive arrangements for the…

Generally speaking, we regard discomfort in any form as bad news, but Im beginning to understand that feelings like pain, irritation, resentment, and fear, are actually just very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to open up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away….

I’m sentimental about endings. When I know I’ve reached one, I pause and hold on as tightly as I can. The last time I ever visited my grandparents house. The last time I sat on that scourching hot, dusty floor in Spain and sang with friends before returning home. The last time I had dinner with…

“Instead of remembering what has past, of mourning the loss of the time of intense being and doing in the world, I am raging against the mismatch between my desires and capacities, between my plans and my time, between my needs and my energies. As the reluctant host of a progressive disease I am at…

This little cafe in Ditchling really has stolen my heart. We first visited this little gem of a place when we first moved to Brighton back in Autumn of 2013, and its charm has still yet to be beaten by any village cafe we have visited in Sussex (and beyond). Not only are the staff friendly,…

Special thanks to the gang at Green This Season Magazine for featuring me again! Interviews by ethical designers, along with news on eco, organic, fair-trade and sustainable up-to-date fashion (and delicious, plant based recipes *wink*) can be found in this issue here.

The Flour Pot Bakery has been supplying local stores and restaurants with their breads for a while but they now have their own café and bread shop in the North Laines – and a beautiful shop it is too. The interior is everything a contemporary bakery should be, with gorgeous industrial copper lighting, cool marble worktops and a unique point…